Beverages
Frozen Watermelon Margarita
Shake up your next backyard BBQ with this frozen watermelon margarita recipe. It’ll cool you down faster than a dunk in the pool.
By The Gourmet Test Kitchen
How to Garnish Your Cocktails Like a Pro
Think cocktail garnishes like smoky cinnamon sticks, intricate orange peel rosettes, and fanned apple slices.
By Natasha David
The Real Story Behind Kansas City’s Signature Cocktail
For starters, it’s not even from Kansas City.
By Emily Farris
It’s Time to Give the Amaretto Sour Another Chance
This classic transcends its reputation for hangovers and heartburn.
By Roger Kamholz
The Godfather Sour
This riff on the amaretto sour bolsters the cocktail with scotch, adding a subtle smoky note.
By Roger Kamholz
A Pizza-Flavored Cocktail? Hear Me Out
When pizza’s in a cocktail, you can drink pizza anytime.
By John deBary
Pizza Anytime
Part pizza bagel, part Bloody Mary, with a Parmesan salt rim just for fun—this drink has it all.
By John deBary
Horsefeather
This signature Kansas City cocktail is the Moscow mule’s spicier, boozier Midwestern cousin.
By Emily Farris
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21 Margarita Recipes to Kick Off Your Weekend, Jimmy Buffet Optional
Feeling salty?
By The Editors of Epicurious
Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s Amaretto Sour
The ingredient that takes this cocktail from a tired trend to an improved classic is nearly an ounce of quality overproof bourbon.
By Robert Simonson
Amaretto Sour
This refined amaretto sour recipe is not cloying or overly perfumed—it’s balanced by shaking in an orange and lemon peel.
By Roger Kamholz
Smoke Show
The Smoke Show uses bourbon, rum, and cinnamon syrup to make a cocktail so delectable, it doubles as dessert.
By Natasha David
Sangria
There’s no such thing as the perfect large-format cocktail…wait. Classic Spanish sangria has entered the chat.
By The Gourmet Test Kitchen
Salty Dog
With its signature salted rim, this vodka and grapefruit cocktail is one easy summer drink.
By James Beard
Tom Collins
This classic cocktail is a simple mix of gin, sugar, lemon juice, and seltzer.
By The Gourmet Test Kitchen
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23 Rum Drinks to Get You in a Summer Mood
These recipes will help your favorite bottle shine.
By The Editors of Epicurious
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29 Tequila Drinks to Give Your Signature Margarita Some Competition
Margaritas are great, but there’s so much to do with tequila beyond shaking it up with lime juice and orange liqueur.
By The Editors of Epicurious
Barbie Girl
This combination of watermelon juice, pisco, and black currant liqueur will take you to the glossy world of a “Barbie Girl.”
By John deBary
The Myth of the Margarita and Its Many Inventors
For a simple combination of tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice, and salt, this cocktail has a winding history.
By Al Sotack
Avocado Margarita
This riff on the margarita gets a creamy upgrade with the use of fresh avocado.
By Carlos Soto